Post and box for cable-terminals and the like.



PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

B. F. DALY. POST AND BOX FOR CABLE TERMINALS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 15, 1905.

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B. P. DALY. POST AND BOX FO-R CABLE TERMINALS AND THE LIKE.

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BENJAMIN F. DALY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POST AND BOX FOR CABLE-TERMINALS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Application filed December 15,1905- Serial No. 291,382.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. DALY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements n Posts and Boxes for Cable-Terminals and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

In some localities, and particularly in cities, a metal post is employed for gas-lamps, for

signal-boxes, such as those for electric firealarm signals, and for receptacles for electric cable-terminals, and it is to this class of devices that the present invention relates. The invention relates to the general structure of the sectional post, capable of being used for all these purposes, and particularly to the member or portion which provides the box to receive the cable-terminals.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings and the novel features carefully defined in the claims.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the sectional post on a relatively small scale. Fig. 2 is an axial section, on a larger scale, of the upper member of the post; and Fig. 2 an upper end view of said member, showing the square tenon. 3 is an enlarged axial sectional view of the middle member of the post. Fig. t is a longitudinal axial sectional view of the lower and middle members of the post, taken in the plane indicated by line it in Fig. 6. Fig. 5 is an axial section of the lower member of the post, the plane of the section being at right angles to that of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on a still larger scale, the plane of the section being indicated by line a" in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is an under side view of the bottom of the post, the hexagonal base-piece being in section at line 01: in Fig. 1. Figs. 8, 9, and 10 illustrate the preferred means for conducting the cables from the ground-conduits to the cable terminals in the post. Figs. 8 and '9 are re spectively vertical sections of the base or stump, taken at lines a and cu in Fig. 10, and thelatter figure is a plan view of the base.

Referring especially to Fig. 1, A is the base of the post, which is set in the ground. B is the lower or first member of the post. This member is in substance a hollow casing which contains the box or receptacle to receive the cableterminals. C is the second or middle member, adapted to receive the signal-box,

and D is the third or upper member to receive the lamp E. Figs. 2 and 3 (show in longitudinal section) the members D and C detached. The lower member B is bolted to the base and has at its top a socket a, which receives a tubular tenon b on the member C, Fig. I, and the member C has at its top a similar socket c to receive a tubular tenon cl, Fig. 2, on the bottom of the member D. At its top the member D, which is the lamp-support, has a square tenon e, (seen also in Fig. 1,) where the socket is broken away. The lamp E has a socket f to receive the tenon e. In Fig. 1 F designates a signal-box set in the recess X, formed in the section C to receive the box, Fig. 3.

In case the post is only designed for the time to provide a box for the cable-terminals and the upper members are omitted the opening at the top of the member B may be closed, Fig. 5, by stopper g, fitting in the socket a, or if only the lamp and lamp-supporting member D are to be for the time omitted, Fig. 4, a similar stopper it may be fitted in the socket b of the member C. These stoppers serve to close the hollow post at its top to prevent water from getting in and to give a finish to the structure.

It will be noted that the post is hollow from the ground up to the lamp, and the latter may be supplied with gas from a pipe ex tending up through the post in the usual way. The pipe is not herein shown.

The construction of the member B will now be described in detail with especial ref erence to Figs. 4, 5, and 6. This member or casing has in its opposite faces doors i t to afford access to the terminal box G, which also has in its opposite faces doors jj, opposite, respectively, to the doors t t and afford ing access to the box G when either of the doors i is opened. The box G is secured to the walls of the casing by means of screws 7c, and the doors j thereof are secured to the box at their lower ends by means of hooks m and at their upper ends by hasps and locks 01. By unlocking the door 1' at its upper end it may be disengaged from the box G and lifted out. \Vithin the box is a plate 0, of slate or the like, fixed in an upright position by screws 1) and provided with holes 1 to re ceive binding-posts for making the wire connections in a known way. This plate faces the doors. At its bottom the box G has two large conduit-pipes s s, which extend down into the hollow base, and up through these are brought the cables, the Wires from the cables being connected to the respective binding-posts on the plate 0.

An important advantage of this construc-' tion of the member B of the post and the insubstantially the same as that ordinarily employed with this class of posts; but the preferred base is illustrated in Figs. 8, 9, and 10. In this construction the hollow hexagonal base A has in each of its sides, by preference, an aperture tand in its top a recess to receive the circular flange u at the upper end of a trunk-conduit H withinthe hollow of the base. This conduit H receives at its top the pipe-conduits s from the terminal boX G, and at its lower end it is curved so as to receive the horizontally-disposed ground-conduitsA), which enter the base through oneor the other of the apertures t. Obviously the trunkconduit may be turned in setting up the post so as to receive the ground-conduits entering at any one of the apertures in the base.

The trunk-conduit will be made, by preference, of cast-iron, and it will protect the cables perfectly. The pipe-conduits s and u may be screwed into the trunk-conduit H. vHaving thus described my invention, I claim I v 1. A device for the purpose specified, comprising a hollow base, a hollow casing secured on said base and provided with a door for access to its interior, and a terminal box for an electric cable mounted in said casing, said boX having a door accessible through the door in the casing, pendent conduits for the cable, and a plate with apertures to receive binding-posts for connecting the conductors of the cable. I

2. A device for the purpose specified, comprising a hollow base, a hollow casing secured on said base and having in two of its opposite walls, doors which face each other, a terminal-box secured in the casing, said boX having also doors in two of its opposite walls,

said doors being disposed opposite to the respective doors in the casing, cable-conduits secured to the bottom of said box, and a plate for wire connections secured in an upright position in the said box and having its two faces presented toward the respective doors of the boX, for the purpose specified.

3. A device for the purpose specified, comprising a hollow base to set in the ground, a casing member mounted on said base, said member having doors in two of its opposite sides and an opening at a in its top, means for closing said opening, and a terminal-box with doors mounted in the casing and provided with means for connecting the terminal wires of the cable.

4. A post for'the purpose specified, comprising a hollow base to set in the ground, a hollow casing member B, mounted on said base and provided with doors i and a socketopening a at its top, and the member 0, having a tubular tenon b to engage the socket a,

and a recess X to receive a signal-box.

5. A post for the purpose specified, comprising a hollow base to set in the ground, a casingmember -B, mounted on the base .and provided with doors 6 at its sides and a socket-openinga at its top, a member C, having'a recess for a signal-box, a tubular tenon b which fits in the socket a, and a socket-opening 0 in its top, a tubular lamp-supporting member D, having a tubular tenon which fits in the socket c, and a square tenon e at its upper'end, and a lamp having a socket which fits on said square tenon.

6. A post for the purpose specified, having a hollow base provided with an aperture t in its side and arecess in its top, a curved trunkconduit H with a flanged top engaging the recess in the top of'the base, the conduits 8 connecting with the upper end of said conduit H, and the ground-conduits 1) connecting with the lower end thereof.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 14th day of December, 1905, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. DALY.

Witnesses:

' i H. G. HosE, WILLIAM J. FIRTH. 

